St.
Columbans lost the Down U14 football
final in Newcastle. Commiserations.
20/12/2004
County
Board 07/12/2004
Congratulations to Hugh and Diarmuid
Cahill on their elections to the County
Board.
RESCUE
& EMERGENCY CARE ONE DAY FIRST
AID COURSE 20/09/2004
Congratulations
to Top Ref's 30/11/2004
Congratulations to Peter mc Clory
(1st) and Neil Cousins (3rd) in the
South Down Juvenile Referees of the
Year Awards. Peter has been honoured
many times before while Neil is in
his first season.
School
success 30/11/2004
Well done and good luck in their finals
to St. Columbans and St. Louis footballers
An Riocht Annual General
Meeting 22/11/2004
At the best attended AGM for quite
some time there was a real willingness
by members to accept responsibility
for the running of the Club.
The election of officers returned
the following
Felix Higgins Chairman,
Daniel Cunningham Treasurer,
Joseph Donnan Secretary,
Bernard Doyle and Sean O’Rourke
Board Delegates.
They along with a still to be appointed
PRO and a Cultural Officer make up
the Management Committee.
Three sub committees were also set
up. They are Finance & Social
Chaired by Michael O’Rourke
with Anne Mc Ardle Secretary, Games
& Coaching with Dermot Flanagan
Chairman and Vince Mc Alinden Secretary,
and Grounds & Development with
Thomas Clarke Chair and Pat Rodgers
Secretary.
Each sub committee
was given a schedule of work to oversee
and all have arranged monthly meetings.
If you missed the AGM but want to
get involved in the Club then attend
any or all of these meetings as appropriate
or contact a Club official to make
your availability known.
2004
Juvenile Awards 22/11/2004
The annual Juvenile (U14 down) Presentations.
Team Awards presented included:
U10 Football – Thomas Bradley
Shield Winners; R & G Sloan Cup
Winners; Jim Mulholland Shield Winners.
U11 Football – Shane O’Neills
Tournament Runners/up.
U12 Football – Brian O’Hare
Shield Winner.
U14 Football – South Down League
Shield Winner; Longstone Tournament
Runners/up; Paul Farrell Shield Runners/up.
U10 Camogie – Longstone Tournament.
U12 Camogie – Martin Ireland
Cup Winners; League Section Runners/up.
Individual Awards were presented as
follows:
Football
U8: Kory Colgan, Nathan Mc Comiskey,
Ryan Matthews, Darragh Campbell
U10: Declan Doyle, Ronan Mc Alinden,
Christopher Mc Kibben, Aidan Donnelly
U11: Ryan White, Eoghan Phillips,
Ryan Clarke, Stephan Knox
U12: Philip Murnion, Andrew Mc Allister,
Declan Higgins, Gareth O’ Neill
U14: Wayne Bowater, Darren Doyle,
Brendan Allen, Paddy Gartland
Camogie
U10: Noelle Fearon, Michelle O’Neill,
Nicole Kelly
U12: Colleen Fearon, Shauna Sloan,
Claire Harper
U14: Laura Brennan, Laura Donnelly,
Louise Rodgers, Michelle Horner, Sophie
Colgan
Hurling
U14: Mark Cunningham, Darren Doyle,
Michael White, Rose Sloan
Youth Club:
Daryl Bowater, Briege Mulholland,
Jasmine Spiers, Christina Trainor,
Kory Colgan, Orla Mc Alinden.
Thanks to Brendan Mc Veigh and John
Clarke who handed over the Awards.
An Riocht
Ref's nominated for 2004 Awards 22/11/2004
Congratulations to Neil Cousins and
Peter mc Clory on their nominations
by the Clubs of South Down as Juvenile
Referees of the Year. Neil is in his
first season while Peter has been
honoured many times before. Good luck
on Friday.
An
Riocht Annual General Meeting is on
Wednesday 17 November at 7:30pm. 15/11/2004
Following on from the successful Club
Planning evenings the AGM will launch
a new improved system for running
the Club. It is imperative that anyone
with an interest in the future of
the Club attend.
Juvenile
Awards 15/11/2004
The annual Juvenile (U14 down) Presentations
are on Sunday 21 November at Dunavil.
Proceedings get under way at 2:30pm
with the presentation of various ‘Player
Awards’ and finish with a Disco/Karaoke
from 3:30pm to 5pm. Parents and family
members are encouraged to attend and
show support for the youngsters.
Each player will receive a special
pack exclusive to An Riocht.
Team Awards to be presented include:
U10 Football – Thomas Bradley
Shield Winners; R & G Sloan Cup
Winners; Jim Mulholland Shield Winners.
U11 Football – Shane O’Neills
Tournament Runners/up.
U12 Football – Brian O’Hare
Shield Winner.
U14 Football – South Down League
Shield Winner; Longstone Tournament
Runners/up; Paul Farrell Shield Runners/up.
U10 Camogie – Longstone Tournament.
U12 Camogie – Martin Ireland
Cup Winners; League Section Runners/up.
Nominations
for Neil and Peter for Juvenile Referees
of the Year 15/11/2004
Congratulations to Neil Cousins and
Peter mc Clory on their nominations
by the Clubs of South Down as Juvenile
Referees of the Year. Neil is in his
first season while Peter has been
honoured many times before.
An Riocht's James Colgan
Captain of St. Louis
v St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
- MacRory Cup
Club
Comhairle - Invite to All 12/09/2004
Ground Award 13/10/2004
Club treasurer, Daniel Cunningham attended
Newry on Sunday to collect an Award to
mark our grounds development and upkeep.
Grounds Seminar
04/10/2004
Nick Sloan attended this event and followed
up with a pitch meeting on Sunday with
sports ground contractors.
An
Riocht Coach Education Programme 04/05
03/10/2004
Acknowledgement
of Financial Assistance Towards New Changing
Room Complex 29/09/2004
St
Louis Kilkeel Celebrate Wonder Year
29/09/2004
Summer Camp 19/07/2004
The Gaelic Games summer camp at An Riocht
organised by Bord na nOg ran all last
week.
*Gaelic
Games Tournaments at Dunavil in July
*Good luck to Down and
to the four An Riocht players (Suzanne,
Joanna, Marie and Lisa) in the All Ireland
Minor Camogie semi-final v. Kilkenny.
*Good luck
to Down and the five An Riocht players
involved in the Ulster Minor Football
final on Sunday 11th July in Croke Park
(James, Martin, Gareth, Paul and Richard)
and to the four An Riocht players (Suzanne,
Joanna, Marie and Lisa) with Downs All
Ireland Minor Camogie semi-final v. Kilkenny.
Commiserations to Brendan and the two
Johns on Downs exit from the Qualifiers.
Down
15/06/2004
Well done to the An Riocht players involved
at various levels with the County over
the weekend, three seniors, five minors,
four U14s.
SPONSORED WALK
02/06/2004
There was a fairly good attendance for
the annual sponsored walk on Bank Holiday
Monday. Due to rearranged fixtures the
Presentation Disco has been put back a
week to Friday 9th June, so there is still
time for stragglers to make their returns
and bid for a Prize.
Treanor Cup
31/05/2004
Congratulations
to Saint Louis on their latest Ulster
triumph and to the An Riocht players involved,
Christopher and Liam who started the game
and Kyle who came on and scored 1:1.
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Development 17/05/2004
The new changing
rooms were in use for the first time on
Friday evening. The Gift-Aid programme
is paying for this phase of the development
and it is still not too late to sign up
as it is an ongoing scheme. Ask any committee
member for details.
Dunavil
Developments 10/05/2004
Kingdom annual sponsored
walk on Monday 31st May. Cards available
from the club.
I.T. Training
10/05/2004
The club was represented
at the county board instruction evening
in Castlewellan. From October all contact
between the board and the club will be
through emails.
Photos
from the Tidy up at Dunavil 08/05/2004
Congratulations
to Saint Louis 03/05/2004
Congratulations to Saint Louis who won
the All Ireland colleges ‘B’ title on
Saturday. It has been hard doing without
the players but it was worth it in the
end to give them every chance of achieving
this honour.
Five new Level
One Football Coaches 17/04/2004
Vince Mc Alinden, Danny Cunningham, Brendan
Mc Veigh,
Sean Mc Ardle, Seamus Curran
Open
Letter to Parents and Family members of
Underage Players 31/03/2004
Fundamentals coaching
course 31/03/2004
Shea, Eric, Peter and Conrad attended
the fundamentals coaching course on Monday.
Club Berevements
JOSEPH (JOE) DONNAN - Feb 25,
2004
The sudden and unexpected death of Joseph
Donnan Senior on Wednesday 25th February
has shocked the entire community...
Read
More > > >
Doctor Niall Moyna
to visit Dunavil 02/02/2004
Doctor Niall Moyna will visit Dunavil
on Saturday 24th February. A date not
to be missed!
An Riocht Gift-Aid
scheme 02/02/2004
An Riocht Gift-Aid scheme in aid of club
capital development is now underway and
the initial response has been encouraging.
Contact the club for details on how you
can play your part.
UNDER
16 BOYS & GIRLS TRIPS IN FEBRUARY
2004 |
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There
is a short meeting on Tuesday 23rd
December at 7pm
Please attend
if your interested in going on or
helping with the above trips
to Manchester / Glasgow. |
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